Re: [Nautilus-list] Make fam a real dependency

[Ramiro Estrugo <ramiro fateware com>]

Steve Fox wrote:
> 
> I've bene trying to get fam to work on my Mandrake 8 +Cooker stuffs
> system to no avail, even though Cooker provides a fam package. But I've
> noticed that fam requires xinetd and portmap to be running? Is this just
> the way that Mandrake packaged them or is this a true dependency? I
> certainly don't want to have to leave portmap turned on, and I'm sure
> that people connected to the internet w/o a firewall want it off too. I
> would prefer to leave xinetd off as well.
> 
> --
> 
> Steve Fox

Yes, this is the way FAM works.  It needs portmap.

-re